Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 5, subsection (3), line 3, after "fit" to insert ", and this figure will be made public".

Céad míle fáilte romhat arís a Aire. What we are seeking to do with this amendment is to ensure the section provides for the number of officers who serve in the Europol national unit to be made public. This is a reasonable amendment. We think all of these things should be known to the public and the Minister of State stated on Committee Stage that there was no substantial issue of security but pointed to the difficulty of ascertaining the numbers who might be in the unit. This seems difficult to understand. Personnel move around, but this is also true of other parts of the public service. The amendment seeks an indicative figure for the number of staff working in the unit. We regard this as both proper and appropriate to give an indication of the resources required and the scale of requirements in the context of the Bill.